by Rowan Kavner
Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz was the only player elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America today.
There were seven former Dodgers on the 2022 BBWAA ballot, but none received the requisite 75 percent of votes — at least 296 votes on the 394 ballots — to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Ortiz received 307 votes (77.9 percent) to earn election and will be honored in Cooperstown, New York, during Induction Weekend from July 22–25. Dodger great Gil Hodges will also be honored that weekend along with former players Bud Fowler, Jim Kaat, Minnie Minoso, Tony Oliva and Buck O’Neil after getting elected in December by Era Committees.
The closest Dodger on the ballot this year was outfielder Andruw Jones, who was named on 41.1 percent of the votes — up from 33.9 percent last year. Close behind him was outfielder Gary Sheffield (40.6 percent), who received the same percentage of votes as last year.
Jones played one of his 17 Major League seasons in Los Angeles (2018), while Sheffield spent parts of four of his 22 Major League seasons with the Dodgers. Sheffield was a Dodger All-Star in 1999 and 2000, mashing a career-best 43 home runs with a .325/.438/.643 slash line in the latter season.
This was Jones’ fifth year and Sheffield’s eighth on the ballot. Candidates may remain on the BBWAA ballot for up to 10 years as long as they are listed on at least five percent of the ballots.
Former Dodgers Jones, Sheffield, Jeff Kent (32.7 percent — ninth year), Manny Ramirez (28.9 percent — sixth year), Jimmy Rollins (9.4 percent — first year) and Bobby Abreu (8.6 percent — third year) also met the criteria to remain on the ballot. Carl Crawford did not receive a vote in his first year of eligibility and will not remain on the ballot. Rollins and Alex Rodriguez (34.3 percent) are the only two players of the 13 first-year candidates who will remain eligible in 2023.
Among the notable players not elected in their final year of eligibility were Barry Bonds (66 percent), Roger Clemens (65.2 percent), Curt Schilling (58.6 percent) and Sammy Sosa (18.5 percent).
Scott Rolen (63.2 percent), Todd Helton (52 percent — fourth year) and reliever Billy Wagner (51 percent — seventh year) also received votes on more than half the ballots this year.
Here are the full results, via the BBWAA:
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